Cluster: Swiss Identity

Krueger promises backlash against Canada

This content was published on Nov 10, 2000 The match will be the second meeting in four days between the two countries following Switzerland’s 6-4 defeat on Tuesday to a Canadian side made up mainly of Swiss-based players. The Deutschland Cup match will see Canada’s German league ex-pats take up the reins, with free agents Greg Parks and Chris Lindberg the only Canadian…

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European dream over for Basel and St Gallen

This content was published on Nov 10, 2000 Both St Gallen and Basel had gone into Thursday’s matches trailing 2-1 from their first leg games. But an early mistake from Bruges defender Nzelo Lembi seemed to have put St Gallen in the driving seat. The Swiss club’s Romanian striker Ionel Gane pounced on Lembi’s mispass before threading a pass through to Charles Amoah.…

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Lugano basketballers keep European hopes alive

This content was published on Nov 10, 2000 The side from canton Ticino were expected by many to be making up the numbers in this year’s tournament after becoming the first Swiss team to be admitted into European competition. But Thursday’s win over the Lithuanians made it two wins out of four matches so far for Lugano, following their opening win against Zadar…

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Federer suffers surprise defeat

This content was published on Nov 9, 2000 Kucera came into the match fifty places below Federer in the world ranking and had lost both the players’ previous encounters. It looked as if a third defeat would be a formality when the Swiss number one took the first set 6-3. But after receiving physiotherapy for a back injury, the Slovakian rallied and it…

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Gymnast Rehm retires

This content was published on Nov 9, 2000 The 26-year-old vaulting specialist won silver and bronze medals at the 1996 and 1998 European Championships, as well as a bronze at the World Championships in 1999. Rehm was fundamental in ensuring that Swiss gymnastics did not slip back into obscurity following the retirement of Chinese-born Olympic gold medallist Donghua Li in 1996. At this…

Giacometti work sets two world records

This content was published on Nov 9, 2000 The nine-foot-tall sculpture was sold for $14,306,000. The work of art, with its gaunt and elongated proportions, is typical of Giacometti’s style. The artist, born in 1901, created the piece after Chase Manhattan Bank commissioned three sculptures for a plaza in New York. Art historians say Giacometti believed he could express “the totality of life”…

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Swiss sailors set off on round the world challenge

This content was published on Nov 9, 2000 Geneva’s Dominque Wavre and Bernard Stamm are both competing in the gruelling contest which sees one-man boats attempting to circumnavigate the globe without stopping or receiving any external assistance. The sailors, including two women, left the French port of Sables d’Olonnes on Thursday on the fourth staging of the Vendée Globe. The departure had originally…

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SBC boss wins prize for fostering cultural awareness

This content was published on Nov 9, 2000 Announcing the award on Thursday, the president of the Oertli Foundation, Franz Lamprecht, praised Walpen for his “Idée Suisse” concept, which he said had transformed the SBC’s radio and television output. Walpen said the SBC – swissinfo’s parent organisation – was committed to reflecting all facets of Swiss society, both on an intellectual and emotional…

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Hollenstein and Lehmann win battle of the stars

This content was published on Nov 9, 2000 This year’s contest, held in Kloten’s Schluefweg arena, once again gave the athletes a chance to soar or tumble in disciplines far beyond their usual training routine. Olympic fencing silver medallist Diana Romagnoli was the first to lose her normal poise, twice crashing to the floor in a hair-raising moto-cross race. Romagnoli had herself been…

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US electoral system gets pasting in Swiss press

This content was published on Nov 9, 2000 Two days after the elections Americans are still waiting to hear who their next president will be, following what may turn out to be the closest-run race in history. The two candidates were so close at the close of voting that a recount became necessary in the state of Florida. Both candidates received 48.9 per…

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